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ISBN: 1874061505
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Price: £6.99
Casing: Paperback
Format: B (198 x 129mm)
Extent: 246pp
Rights: UK & Commonwealth excl. Canada
Pub. Date: July 1997

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Edward Bunker, Mr Blue in Reservoir Dogs, was the author of four books: No Beast So Fierce, Little Boy Blue, The Animal Factory and Mr Blue, all published by No Exit. He was co-screenwriter of the Oscar nominated movie, The Runaway Train, and appeared in over 30 feature films, including Straight Time with Dustin Hoffman, the film of his book No Beast So Fierce.

Edward Bunker, a diabetic, died on 19th July 2005 from complications following an operation to improve circulation to his legs.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Dog Eat Dog is the tale of three unremorseful criminals with two felony convictions apiece and no more chances. Under California's `Three Strikes' law, one more conviction - even for shoplifting - carries a mandatory life sentence with no prospect of remission. But a law intended to deter career criminals has the opposite effect on these three. Combined they have spent a lifetime behind bars and have no idea, or intention, of leading a straight life under rules set by a system they have never belonged to.

Troy, the gang's leader and the brains of the operation, is an unrepentant thief who is `irrevocably committed to being the criminal outsider. He had nothing vested in society. It had turned him out and expected him to be satisfied as a menial worker as the price for staying out of prison. Real freedom has choices attached; without money there is none'. And with that in mind, Troy and his partners, Diesel Carson and the truly rabid Mad Dog McCain, set about planning a last big heist which will set them up for life. But even a perfectly planned and flawlessly executed robbery is not enough to prevent a denouement which has a grim inevitability about it.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"...The 'angel dust' of crime fiction: thrillingly violent and addictive, surging with exhilaration and fear ..." - Judith Freeman, The Evening Standard

"...Integrity, craftsmanship and moral passion...an artist with a unique and compelling voice..." - William Styron,